It had been a little over a month since their first outing in public, and Regina still had to wear a cast on her shoulder. Despite this, the two of them were still going strong. Luckily, Regina was able to get her car replaced through insurance. However, she couldn't drive yet, so Zelena would usually give her a ride to school.
As the second semester started, Emma had talked with Dr. Hopper about moving her schedule around. She was required to take at least six classes per semester, so she decided to drop Spanish. In replacement, she was going to be Regina's teacher's aide.
With the way their schedules lined up now, they only had one lunch together. Emma sat with Ruby, Dorothy, Ariel, and Belle on her A days. While her B days were spent in Ms. Mills' classroom.
She still had her for both English 12 and creative writing, so they were spending a lot of time together at school.
Emma's schedule had her start off her day with Regina on A days, with English 12. She still had Mr. Gold for Government, which was right after that class. Then she still had Ms. Black for pre-calc, after government. Then she got to have lunch with her friends. Well, it was lunch for them. It was sometimes pretend to drink out of an empty cup for Emma. Unfortunately for her, her free-period did not match Regina's free period, so she would go home after dealing with her two Hell classes.
On B days, she had her first period off. So she would get to come to school late. Then she had Physics, still with Mr. Glass. After that, she had creative writing. After that, they had lunch. It was usually spent with the two of them in her classroom. Her cup trick still worked for her too. Everyone just assumed she really like smoothies. She was Regina's aide in the period right after that, so she needn't even leave her classroom. Once that period was done, Regina would stay after school to get some work done but Emma usually just went home.
It was nearing the end of January, and snow was falling lightly. Ruby and Emma both had first period off on their B days, so they could still walk to school together. However, Dorothy also had that period off. Of course, Ruby was insistent on walking to school with both of them.
Considering the fact that Dorothy didn't know anything about what Ruby was, they knew they couldn't talk about anything like that on their walks to school.
"How are you not freezing?" Dorothy asked Emma as she snuggled up next to her girlfriend.
Ruby currently had one big jacket wrapped around the two of them while Emma walked a few steps ahead of them.
"I dunno, I just don't get cold," she replied with a shrug.
She was happy for her best friend that she was happy in her relationship, but if Emma was being honest, she missed when things were just the two of them. She would never actually tell her this though.
When they arrived at school, they parted ways as Emma made her way to the Physics classroom. Unfortunately, Killian was the only person in that class she knew.
"Swan!" He immediately greeted her.
"Hi," she replied, sitting down.
"I was wondering if you'd like to hang out this weekend?"
"Sorry, I can't. I have plans."
That part was true. Her parents were planning on visiting their friends Lance and Gwen again, and this time they said Emma had to come with them. They were great people whom Emma had gotten to know over the past century, but she didn't like visiting them too much. Because of how great friends they were with her parents, the four of them would just chat away the whole time. Their way of travelling didn't allow for very much luggage, so she couldn't even bring her laptop to write. So she usually dreaded when they would all go to see Lance and Gwen.
Killian let out a disappointed sigh, then paid attention to the front of the classroom. Mr. Glass took no time to hand everyone a worksheet. He also wrote a few notes on the whiteboard, which he expected them to copy down.
Of course, Emma had no intentions of doing that. Instead, she just half-assed the worksheet that was given to her. She currently had a C in the class. It wasn't because she didn't know the material, but it was because she couldn't be bothered to put any effort into her assignments.
Her parents were definitely disappointed by this, but there wasn't much they could do to stop her. If her grades became low enough that Storybrooke high wouldn't let her graduate, she would use her G.E.D. she obtained years ago and forge it to look new. But she didn't think it would come to that.
By the time the bell rang, Emma was the first out of her seat. She was eager as ever to get to Ms. Mills' classroom.
As luck would have it, she ended up being the first one there. Unfortunately, she couldn't greet Regina with anything more than a casual 'hello'. Because it was passing period, she had to make sure the door was open so her students could get to her class before the bell rang.
"Hey," Emma said, walking up to her desk.
"Emma," she replied, smiling. "How are you?"
"I'm good, looking forward to lunch with you though,"
Instead of replying, she cleared her throat and looked at the door. There was a student walking in.
Emma nodded, knowing what she meant. So she sat down at her seat, then waited for class to start.
A few minutes later, the bell rung and Regina started teaching.
Emma wasn't listening though. Instead, she was staring intensely at her teacher. Her eyes trailed up and down her body, paying attention to every curve. She was wearing a pencil skirt too. All Emma wanted to do right now was rip all of her clothes off and take her right on the desk. But alas, she could not. Plus, the two of them hadn't slept together yet.
Despite everything, there was a small part of her that had a feeling she would leave as soon as they did it. The larger part of her didn't want to, but she was scared of that small part.
Plus, Regina's arm was still in a cast and her shoulder was still immobile. So it wouldn't really work out for them anyway.
But that sure as hell didn't stop Emma from daydreaming in her class.
After a long hour and a half, the bell rang. Emma watched as every student was annoyingly slow to walk out the door.
She got up too, pretending to leave. But of course, she just locked the door.
As soon as they were alone, she walked up to her desk and instantly pressed their lips together. She was gentle of course, knowing that her girlfriend was still injured. But that certainly didn't stop the moans that escaped from both of their mouths.
"Emma, wait," Regina said, pulling back. "There's something I wanted to ask you about,"
Emma groaned, but nodded for her to continue.
"My birthday is on Monday, so my mother is coming to town over the weekend. On Saturday, my sister, niece, mother and I will all be having dinner together and watching a movie afterwards. I would love for you to come. Robin's been asking when she can officially meet you as my girlfriend, and I'm sure Zelena would like to meet you too. Although I do apologize for that fact that you'll be meeting my mother as well,"
Her parents had been persistent on her coming with them this time to see Lance and Gwen, but maybe they could go on Friday, and she could go on Saturday night after the movie?
She was about to say that her answer was maybe, but then she remembered that she was 126 years old. Even if one took away her years being immortal, she was biologically 18 and therefore an adult. She didn't need her parents permission. Instead, she would inform them that she would leave on Saturday, rather than ask for their permission.
"Okay," Emma agreed, giving her a quick kiss. "I can't do dinner, but I can do the movie!"
Regina seemed disappointed, "My mother will definitely judge you for not coming for dinner, are you sure you can't make it?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. My parents are seeing some family friends, and we're all having dinner with them on Saturday. They really want me to be there, and I've already committed to it. But as soon as the dinner is over, I'll come over to your place and watch the movie with you guys! And then later that night, my parents and I are going out of town to where our family friends live,"
"Alright," she said, slightly less disappointed. "I understand. But I look forward to seeing you anyway,"
Emma grinned, then took no time to close the space between them again. With her good arm, Regina ran her hand through her hair and pulled her closer.
Emma opened her mouth, asking for access with Regina granted. She then wrapped both her arms around her neck. When Regina broke for air, their foreheads stayed connected.
They both couldn't help but smile at one another as they leaned in to reconnect their lips.
As soon as the kiss was about to deepen again, there was a knock at the door. Emma's eyes widened, and her eyes darted to Regina's neck. She wasn't careful just now, and she was almost certain that a hickey would show up soon.
Plus, Regina hadn't been careful just now either. She was staring at her girlfriend, looking at her own shade of lipstick smeared across the lips.
They heard a familiar voice outside the door,
"Regina, can I come in?" Kathryn asked, pulling out her set of classroom keys.
She was the vice principal, so she had keys to every single classroom. Her and Regina had recently become acquaintances, but she definitely didn't expect her to show up in her room in the middle of lunch.
Get the door. Emma mouthed. I'll handle it.
Regina wasn't sure what to do, but she could hear the keys jangling. So she decided to trust her girlfriend, and walked to the door.
Feeling a pit in her stomach, she opened the door to see Kathryn waiting for her.
"Hi," she said warmly. "May I come in?"
"Sure," she replied, knowing she couldn't say anything else.
When she turned around, expecting to see Emma hiding in a corner or something, she didn't. She was gone; and the windows weren't open either.
Kathryn walked around the room for a few seconds before going to Regina's desk to sit down.
As soon as Regina thought all was fine, her boss let out a scream.
"What is it?" She asked worriedly.
Before she could reply, Regina got her answer; a bat flew out from underneath her desk.
It made a loud screeching noise, then flew out the door. Regina walked out the door, ready to inform someone, when the bat was no longer visible.
Instead, Emma came from around the corner. Her face had been cleaned of any lipstick Regina left behind.
"Hi Ms. Mills," she greeted, acting professional. "I think I left my stuff in your classroom. Would it be alright if I got it?"
Still speechless, Regina simply nodded.
As Emma walked into the classroom to grab her backpack, she made sure to give an extra friendly smile to Kathryn. She winked at Regina as she exited the classroom.
Knowing that something wasn't up, her teacher got her phone out and texted her girlfriend. Despite her confusion, she couldn't help but smile as she saw the name that she had saved for her pop up.
Regina: How the hell did you do that?
My Savior: a magician never reveals their secrets
Regina: Seriously? Did you put a realistic fake bat there?
My Savior: what bat? i just got outside before she came in and then ran around to the front
Regina: Oh...
Letting out a sigh, she walked back into her classroom. Once again, she was answerless.